Potential and Benefit of Green Roof Energy Renovation of Existing Residential Buildings with a Flat Roof in Belgrade
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. An Overview of the Impacts of Green Roofs
3. Costs and Benefits of Green Roof
4. Application of Green Roof on the Existing Building
Model and Parameters
5. Results and Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Type 1—Layers | d [cm] | ρ [kg/m3] | Weight [kN/m2] | Weight [kN/m2] |
concrete or stone tiles | 3–5 | 200–2400 | above concrete laid to fall layer | above roof plate |
sand (or without) | 3 | 1800 | ||
hydro-insulation | 1–2 | 900 | q = 1.02–2.51 | q = 1.56–3.01 |
cement screed (or without) | 2–3 | 2100 | Whole roof structure Typical U [W/(m2K)] | |
thermal insulation (or without) | 3–6 | 100 | ||
concrete laid to fall (or without) | 3–5 | 2400 | 0.5, 0.85, 1.04, 1.4 | |
roof plate structure | ||||
Type 2—Layers | d [cm] | ρ [kg/m3] | Weight [kN/m2] | Weight [kN/m2] |
asphalt or gravel | 2–5 | 1800–2000 | above concrete laid to fall layer | above roof plate |
hydro-insulation | 1–2 | 900 | ||
cement screed (or without) | 2–3 | 2100 | q = 0.90–1.25 | q = 1.71–2.56 |
thermal insulation (or without) | 3–6 | 100 | Whole roof structure Typical U [W/(m2K)] | |
concrete laid to fall (or without) | 3–5 | 2400 | ||
bitumen layer (or without) | 0.5 | 900 | 0.45, 0.7, 0.85, 1.07, 1.4 | |
roof plate structure |
EGR and IGR Green Roof Layers | d [cm] | ρ [kg/m3] | c [J/kg∙K] | λ [W/mK] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Plants—LAI = 1–4 | 10–30 | - | - | - |
Vegetative substrate | 8–20 | 900 | 1000 | 0.2 |
Filter layer | 0.5 | 160 | 2500 | 0.06 |
Drainage layer | 4–6 | 800 | 920 | 0.08 |
Waterproof membrane | 0.7 | 1200 | 920 | 0.17 |
Thermal insulation | 5–10 | 90 | 990 | 0.035 |
Vapor control layer | 0.3 | 2500 | 840 | 0.055 |
Effect on Residential Unit | Current State Reference Scenario | |
---|---|---|
RU under green roof (property value increase excluded) | EGR | 1 EGR |
IGR | 1 IGR | |
Other RU (property value increase excluded) | EGR | 2 EGR |
IGR | 2 IGR | |
RU under green roof (property value increase included) | EGR | 3 EGR |
IGR | 3 IGR | |
Other RU (property value increase included) | EGR | 4 EGR |
IGR | 4 IGR |
Type | EGR [EUR/m2] | IGR [EUR/m2] | Function | Type | Time Frame |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
* Old roof removal | 10–20 | 20–35 | triangular | cost | one time |
* Installation | 80–140 | 120–170 | uniform | cost | one time |
Property value | 30–80 | 60–120 | uniform | benefit | one time |
Cooling | 0.25 | 0.65 | constant | benefit | annual |
Heating | 2 | 2.5 | constant | benefit | annual |
* Membrane longevity | 30–50 | 30–50 | uniform | benefit | one or two times |
* Operation & Maintenance | 3–8 | 5–12 | uniform | cost | annual |
Model | Energy [kWh/m2]/% Heating | Energy [kWh/m2]/% Cooling | Min | NPV [EUR/m2] Most. Prob. | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 EGR | 25 kWh/m2/16% | 3 kWh/m2/ 8% | −16 | −7 | 3 |
1 IGR | 34 kWh/m2/22% | 8 kWh/m2/ 21% | −12 | −2 | 10 |
2 EGR | - | - | −34 | −27 | −20 |
2 IGR | - | - | −48 | −38 | −29 |
3 EGR | 25 kWh/m2/16% | 3 kWh/m2/8% | 17 | 42 | 83 |
3 IGR | 34 kWh/m2/22% | 8 kWh/m2/21% | 53 | 83 | 132 |
4 EGR | - | - | −19 | 6 | 26 |
4 IGR | - | - | −16 | 9 | 23 |
Type | 1 EGR | 1 IGR | 2 EGR | 2 IGR | 3 EGR | 3 IGR | 4 EGR | 4 IGR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S1 [%] | Old roof removal | 0.136 | 0.2478 | 0.313 | 0.49 | 0.065 | 0.095 | 0.19 | 0.28 |
S2 [%] | Installation | 7.14 | 6.7 | 16.9 | 13.55 | 3.49 | 2.57 | 10.5 | 7.7 |
S3 [%] | Operation and Maintenance | 4.9 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
S4 [%] | Property value | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.4 | 59.3 | 39.1 | 44.4 |
S5 [%] | Membrane longevity | 0.0833 | 0.042 | 0.24 | 0.113 | 0.053 | 0.015 | 0.14 | 0.063 |
S6 [%] | Heating | 39.7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19.14 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 |
S7 [%] | Cooling | 0.6 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 |
S8 [%] | Number of RU. | 26.7 | 31.7 | 63 | 63.6 | 12.85 | 12.2 | 39.2 | 36.26 |
S9 [%] | Discount rate | 18.2 | 16.7 | 5.7 | 7.46 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 2.33 | 2.85 |
S10 [%] | Gr. roof lifespan [years] | 0.5 | 0.43 | 0.0417 | 0.062 | 0.3 | 0.16 | 0.0248 | 0.034 |
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Perovic, Z.; Coric, S.; Isakovic, S.; Sumarac, D. Potential and Benefit of Green Roof Energy Renovation of Existing Residential Buildings with a Flat Roof in Belgrade. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 7348. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137348
Perovic Z, Coric S, Isakovic S, Sumarac D. Potential and Benefit of Green Roof Energy Renovation of Existing Residential Buildings with a Flat Roof in Belgrade. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(13):7348. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137348
Chicago/Turabian StylePerovic, Zoran, Stanko Coric, Snezana Isakovic, and Dragoslav Sumarac. 2023. "Potential and Benefit of Green Roof Energy Renovation of Existing Residential Buildings with a Flat Roof in Belgrade" Applied Sciences 13, no. 13: 7348. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137348